To add to the list of 2020’s casualties, the radio telescope at Arecibo has been severely damaged — a cable snapped and ripped a 100-foot hole in it.
Let’s hope our government sends some money to Puerto Rico for both the hurricane damage to the island, and to repair this instrument. Given our history, it’s more likely that Trump will suggest we cover the hole with paper towels.
Oh, no! I have visited the Arecibo observatory (there’s a good visitor’s centre/overlook thingy off to one side). It (was) quite an awe-inspiring sight (and site).
But I suspect you’re right, given the current administration’s priorities, it will probably be “paper towels” all the way down…
Aliens want the humans to stop trying to snoop.
Isnt it more likely that he will say it’s not his fault, and then say it was deliberate because the Democrats were going to use it to rig the election, and then say this was supposed to happen- see, he fixed it and it works much better now for it’s intended purpose, whatever that might be.
I think Trump is much more likely to say that a telephone was good enough for E.T., we don’t need a radio telescope.
Trump would most likely fill in the hole with a toxic landfill and call it a win-win situation.
Sad, it was one of the largest radiotelescopes for quite some time and was still in use.
If the Hair Furor was consistent, he would send in folks to to repair and protect US property, tear gassing Mother Nature when she acts up. It is owned by NSF, hence federal property.
@5 Trump doesn’t believe in win-win; he thinks everything is a zero-sum game and there’s always a winner and a loser. This is one more reason why he is an idiot. However, I think, given the whole “Goldeneye” thing, that Spectre is behind the damage.
I’m pretty sure the damage was caused when Pierce Brosnan dropped Sean Bean on it.
I thought I read that we had just done a multi million dollar refurbishment of the antenna. Perhaps that was just a bid request.
Let’s hope our government sends some money to Puerto Rico for both the hurricane damage to the island, and to repair this instrument.
Well it was a good laugh.
Cause :Currently I believe the GOP is blaming Chinese hackers while the Democrats are sure Putin did . A few dissenters are holding out for an Iranian commando attack from their new base in the grocery store in Venezuela.